Elementary Sumerian Glossary

gir4 oven
gir4-bil oven-heater, stoker
giri17-zal joy, delight; luxury
giš gisal oar
gissu(n) (gizzu(n)) → ĝissu
GIŠGAL-di → ùlu-di
gizzal - a5 to heed, pay attention to
gu flax; linen(?); thread, string; snare
gu-du buttocks
gu-la large; larger, greater (see Krecher, Or 47, 384
"groβ gegenüber einem anderen") (variant of gal-(l)a;
both ma-sá-gal-gal and ma-sá-gu-la occur in DP 51 i
1, iv 5)
gu-kilib → gu-níĝin
gu-níĝin bale (Heimpel, CDLI: CDLN 2003:003
argues against conventional reading gu-kilib)
gu-ul (variant of both gal and gul)
gu-šúm cuneiform sign, script, wedge impression
giš gu-za chair, throne
giš gu-za-bára dais-seat, throne
gú(n), gú-un (or gún un ) load, burden; tax, tribute;
talent (a weight = 60 ma-na = 28.8 kg.)
gú neck, shoulders; edge, bank, shore (of a canal, river,
sea); totality; cf. gú-gú region (Pre-Sarg.)
gú - a5 to submit
gú-(a-)ab-ba seashore
gú-an-šè grand total, all together
gú - dù to hate; to refuse or neglect
gú - è to wear, be wrapped, enveloped, clothed, clad in
túg gú-è coat (nahlaptu) (also with wood or leather
determinatives, see Ferwada, Isin 19f.)
gú-en(-na) throne room, audience hall (lit. "totality of
lords")
gú-gal (kù-ĝál in Ur III) (chief) water regulator, canal
inspector (gugallu) (Steinkeller, Sales Documents 233)
gú - ĝar to gather, assemble
gú (ki-šè) - ĝar to lower the head, prostrate oneself,
submit
gú ĝiš - ĝar/ĝál to put a neckstock on, make wear a
yoke, subjugate
gú - gid2 to spy
gú - gur to gather together, assemble, pile up, stock up,
pack full
gú-gur5(-ru(-uš)) - a5/du11 to trim, strip, cut off
(Attinger, Eléments 519-523)
gú-haš back of the head, nape, mane (older reading
gú-tar possibly correct in some contexts; cf. the
loanword kutallu)
gú-haš - lá to dress the hair
gú - lá to lean over; to hang the head, submit; cf. gú kišè
- lá to fall prostrate
gú - lá (with -da-), gú-da - lá to embrace
gú - si to gather, assemble
gú-si-a all, all together, assembled
gú - sè to devote oneself to
gú - šub to neglect
gú-TAR → gú-haš
gú - zi to busy, occupy oneself with
gù voice, sound
gù - dé to speak, say, address; to summon, designate,
call
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